Despite the versatility of the wood material, as a floor covering it is rather whimsical. After a while, the tree loses its original properties and begins to crack, creak and just wear out. In this case, you need a high-quality floor repair or a full replacement of the material. After carrying out some works the surface will get a new life and again will please its owners.

Surface grinding works

Quite often it turns outso that the floor does not creak, but it looks just awful. This unambiguously indicates that the surface was well-equipped, but in time it simply worn out. In this case, the old wooden floor is best sanded. This is a fairly simple process that requires only strong male hands and special installations. Wood-grinding machine will help to easily and quickly carry out the whole amount of work. The main thing is to correctly calculate its power, this factor depends on the size of the treated area.

The grinding unit has a special drum, filled with sandpaper. For the first treatment, use a coarse-grained emery. After this process, the surface of the floor will lose significant bulges and other serious flaws. Then follows the second stage of grinding, for which medium-grained sandpaper is used. Well, the last stage involves the use of fine-grained emery, which can rid the surface of the floor, even from the slightest defects. Old wooden covers have many cracks and chips, so they should be treated with dry plaster.

Hard-to-reach places in the room should be sanded with special installations that have the provided shapes.

Most grinding operations can also be carried out with your own hands using only sandpaper. Of course, this will take a lot longer, but this is the best option when processing the entire room is not required, and significant convexities and other disadvantages of the floor occupy a minimum of the surface.

Polishing and waxing the surface of the floor

After we have leveled the old wooden floor, we need to move on to the waxing process - this will turn the unsightly and damaged coating into a completely new one. It is important to say at once that the entire process should take no more than 4 hours, even in the case of a large room.

Before waxing it is necessary to thoroughly vacuum the floor and treat it with a damp cloth. For the reason that wood absorbs moisture well, it is necessary to coat the surface with a filler. As a material for waxing, we will have turpentine( 60%) and beeswax( 40%).You can apply and other options for coverage, but there is no particular difference. The solution is made in enameled ware, but it is applied with a brush. It is important that the brush is of the highest quality and during the application of the solution, no hair is on the floor. Before the work itself, it is necessary that the mixture cool down. The floor should be rubbed evenly and unhurriedly. Already during this process it will be seen how the surface acquires a pleasant dark shade. After this event, the coating must be allowed to dry. The mixture must penetrate thoroughly into all pores.

If you want the floor to literally shine, you should grind the surface before waxing. This process is performed with a conventional grinding machine, but unlike previous procedures, smooth emery is used here. During operation, it is necessary to use only a small pressure of the drum.

Surface coating with

varnish

At the very beginning it is important to know that not every wood is suitable for this or that kind of varnish coating. It is also important to understand that the more people are constantly in the room, the more durable the composition is needed. Quite often, offices use lacquer products, which for many years will not lose its original properties.

If you have a desire to give the wood a natural shade, it is definitely worth using a tinted varnish. Most other types of material simply "cauterize" the tree.

Acid curing agents have a positive effect on the properties of the coatings in the event that you need a universal material. With this varnish, it is possible to process floors in industrial premises, as well as in offices.

There are also parquet varnishes. They essentially emphasize the unique texture of the wood, and also make the floor a bit slippery. It is these requirements and are required for a classic parquet floor.

The first layer of the coating must be applied with a special spatula S-shaped movements. Further, already U-shaped movements, we put the second layer of varnish with an ordinary brush. In this case it is worth using a quality brush that would not lose hair on its way. If during the process you need to leave a bit, you should dip the brush into the container with varnish. If necessary, in case of hardening of the tool, it is possible to soak it in a solvent. Dry lacquer can be different, it all depends on its brand. However, during the day, you should avoid moving around the floor. Also it is necessary to ensure a full airing of the room.

The specifics of removing the wooden floor creak

There are many reasons for the creaking of the floor, but the most common source of unpleasant sound is the friction of the boards. In this case, the restoration of the wooden floor can be a really difficult process.

If there is a need to find out the cause of the squeak, you can hammer the gaps into the gaps. They will help spread the boards and detect sources of unpleasant noise. If it turns out that the cause of the creaking is really the friction of the boards, you must manually level the floor elements and make the fastening with screws. To do this, you will need to drill a couple of holes in each board and fasten them. Also, for added reliability, you can make holes at a small angle. This will help to sufficiently prevent noise and ensure its absence in the future. Screws must be used with a countersunk head. After the process it will be necessary to produce the filler of these places.

Cracking

Another serious cause of floor creak can be cracks. Often this happens in those cases when the room often changes in humidity. The cracks themselves are rather small, but they create a very unpleasant noise. To correct the situation, it is necessary to fill the crack space with wood chips and small slats. In some cases, people opt for a special paste, which is 1/4 of a paint, and 3/4 of sawdust. It is especially good when the floor needs to be painted. Then, for the beginning, cracks are embedded in the above way, and a little later the general surface painting is done. However, after the first action, it is necessary to make sure that all gaps are sealed really well.

Floor leveling with cyclic and

Many people find it difficult to start repairing wooden floors. This is especially true for cases when the floor is significantly deformed. Unequivocally, classical grinding is indispensable here.

Floor boring has much in common with polishing, but in this case a special boring machine is used. Thanks to its cutting parts, the cycle tool can easily handle most of the unevenness of the wood surface. It should be noted that here, as in the case of using a grinding machine, it is necessary to use various cutting tools that will help make the surface almost perfectly smooth.

To continue the leveling of the old wooden floor, it is necessary to apply the puttying technology. In the beginning, you should install special beacons. Already between the rails themselves, you will need to apply a thick mixture, made on the basis of PVA glue, where also the tiers is added. To make the composition as suitable as possible for the laying of the putty, it is necessary to give the thirds to the moistening. For optimum results, several layers must be made, each of which is applied only after the previous one has dried.

After filling all the openings between the slats with a mixture of glue and tiers, you need to fill the entire floor area with mastic. The coating layer should be small. If necessary, the surface can be leveled. For such an action, spatulas or large brushes are used.

Other aspects of repairing the wooden floor

Before starting the renovation of the old wooden floor, you need to analyze possible sources of squeaks and other negative features of the coating. Quite often you can find loose floor boards. Unlike squeaking, such a nuisance can at any time adversely affect the physical condition of a person( bruises, sprains).To rid the floor of the loose elements, it is enough to replace the nails with screws. Surely many people know that before boards were fastened with the help of nails, which eventually will make themselves felt. Under load, they begin to bend. Between the wood elements of the floor creates a small space, which makes them creak and wobble.

However, it should be understood that it is often impossible to repair the old wooden floor. The cause may be rotten wood, which needs to be updated. In this case it would be more logical to replace the whole sex.